Meet Snezhinki

His name is снежинки - Russian for "snowflakes". Yes, he's black as night- it's just our little joke. (my parents had two cats once- one was black, so Glenn suggested and they named him Snowball- the other- his brother was as white as could be- we named him Midnight!).

Snezhinki is a black Lab, born January 20th. This morning, we had no thoughts that today we would up and get a puppy! We had been talking about wanting one for some time, but living in this climate and NOT being inside dog people, well, we put it off. It's been a dream of Glenn's to have a dog, but he too is just like me, not wanting an inside the house dog. (I think Keeska our cat would certainly thank us for that one too! ha).
Somehow though today, we began looking at Craigslist online and lo and behold!, we drove an hour way out in the country to pick up this puppy. We will keep him inside the house a few more weeks until he is older and can begin getting acclimated to his new digs, in our little garage out back. He'll have plenty of room to run there and during the winter months, he'll have a heated area.

Yes, our kids are THRILLED beyond words! Cala did not want to go to bed and actually had us set her alarm clock for 15 minutes earlier where she can get up and spend time with Snezhinki. :o)

Now- in other news... we also inquired about a Siberian Husky, which we all really would love to have one, but first heard about this puppy. The Husky is 3 years old and completely free. We just got word back from them that she's still available... I am going to have a hard time saying no to getting her too. (no, we're not going to get her too, but I am the one really wishing we could! HA). Snezhinki is beautiful by the way- he's going to be a charmer I think.

Of course it remains to be seen what Keeska decides about him!